Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Special Screening of 100th episode of Prime Minister’s Mann Ki Baat programme to be held at Punjab Raj Bhawan on 30th April,2023
Hon’ble Governor of Punjab, Shri Banwarilal Purohit to inaugurate the event
Special event to be attended by over 400 eminent person including 4 Mann Ki Baat invitees
Prasar Bharati is organising Special Screeing of 100th episode of Prime Minister’s Mann Ki Baat programme on 30th April, 2023 in Punjab Raj Bhawan at Chandigarh. The special screening, will be inaugurated at by Hon’ble Governor of Punjab & Administrator Chandigarh , Shri Banwarilal Purohit. The event to mark the continued success of Prime Minister’s monthly radio broadcast that has reached over 100 crore people across India.
Since its inception on October 3rd, 2014, ‘Mann ki Baat’ has become a national tradition, with the Prime Minister addressing the nation every month, inspiring millions to participate in India’s developmental journey. It has struck a chord with citizens of India who have reached out to their Pradhan Sevak every month, sharing their achievements, anxieties, happiness and proud moments as well as suggestions for a New India.
Media Unit of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting , Central Bureau of Communication, Chandigarh will put up an exhibition on Mann Ki Baat in the same place. The exhibition will also be inaugurated by the Hon’ble Governor Shri Banwarilal Purohit.
Four  esteemed citizens from various parts of the state who have been mentioned by the Prime Minster in various episodes of “Mann Ki Baat” will also attend the event. Their remarkable contributions towards nation building have been lauded by PM in his broadcasts. The 400 Invitees include eminent person working in various fields like promotion of traditional art, culture and crafts, environment protection and those who tirelessly supported the nation during COVID times, those who are supporting the disadvantaged citizens, those who have provided innovative solutions to address the challenges faced by society etc.
Background
The first episode of Prime Minister’s Mann Ki Baat was broadcast on 3rd October, 2014  on the auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami. Since April 2015, Mann Ki Baat is broadcast on the last Sunday of every month and the latest broadcast of 99th episode was on 26th March, 2023. It is visualized by Doordarshan and telecast on its entire network. It is also broadcast in sign language on Doordarshan. The 100th episode of Mann Ki Baat is scheduled on 30th April, 2023.
The first episode of Mann Ki Baat was of a duration of 14 minutes, which increased to 19 minutes in second episode and 26 minutes in third episode. Since 4th episode, the duration of each episode has remained 30 minutes.
Initially, the broadcast was in Hindi language only, and subsequently, the English version started from 31st January, 2016 and Sanskrit version from 28th May, 2017. Currently, Mann Ki Baat is broadcast in 23 languages including 22 Indian languages and English, 29 dialects  and in 11 foreign languages. The Indian languages include Hindi, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Odia, Konkani, Nepali, Kashmiri, Dogri, Manipuri, Maithili, Bengali, Assamese, Bodo, Santhali, Urdu and Sindhi. The dialects are Chhattisgarhi, Gondi, Halbi, Sargujia, Pahari, Sheena, Gojri, Balti, Ladakhi, Karbi, Khasi, Jaintia, Garo, Nagamese, Hmar, Paite, Thadou, Kabui, Mao, Tangkhul, Nyishi, Adi, Monpa, Ao, Angami, Kokborok, Mizo, Lepcha and Sikkimese .
French, Chinese, Indonesian, Tibetan, Burmese, Baluchi, Arabic, Pashtu, Persian, Dari and Swahili are the foreign languages in which the broadcast is done.